AN ACT MANDATING THAT EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM AND THE CONSEQUENT PREPARATION OF TEXTBOOKS AND RELATED MATERIALS SHOULD HAVE CONTINUITY AND STABILITY, AND THAT THE SAME SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST SIX (6) YEARS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE R.A. NO. 8047, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT

AN ACT DECENTRALIZING THE TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED) CREATING A REGIONAL TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT SERVICES UNIT (RTPSU) IN ALL REGIONAL OFFICES INCLUDING THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO (ARMM) AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 10 OF R.A. NO. 8047 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE NEW RULE ON THE CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF PUBLISHERS THAT PRODUCE POOR QUALITY TEXTBOOKS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT BOARD WHICH IS ALLEGED TO BE UNLAWFUL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE PUBLISHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REVIEWING AND FINDING WHETHER THE SAME CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT AND PROPOSING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION FOR THE PURPOSE